There is no slowing down when it comes to adding student housing in Clemson.

On Friday, the city posted plans for a new three story building with 29 student housing units and 2,700 square feet of commercial space.

The project, titled "Zack's Student Housing," would be located at 1108 Tiger Boulevard. The location is next to a Clemson Area Transit bus and the Clemson Police Department, and it backs up to the Village Green Apartments.

It is named for Crazy Zack's, the former bar that sits on the property and will be torn down for the project.

The proposed Zack's building on Tiger Boulevard would create 29 new student housing units.(Photo: submitted/courtesy of City of Clemson)

The project is situated in an existing commercial zone, so it will not likely need any approval from the city council. But, residents have already questioned the need for more student-focused housing in the city—a debate that has come to the fore as a 160-unit development is considered for Keowee Trail.

The applicant for the Zack's project is Arbor Engineering and the architects are SHLTR and Project Plus, all based in Greenville. The land was purchased in 2016 by Clemson Redevelopment LLC for $645,000 and includes the bar, built in 1975.

James Martin, the vice president of planning and business development with Arbor Engineering, graduated from Clemson in 1994. He remembers when the bar was Crazy Zack's.

"The property has been a hole on 123 for a long time," Martin said. "This really takes a site that right now has been an eyesore and makes it better."

The Zack's application will go through a preliminary review by the Board of Architectural Review during the board's next meeting at 6 p.m. on Jan. 8.